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SUBMITTER: Shioda K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4612353 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shioda Kayoko K Kambhampati Anita A Hall Aron J AJ Lopman Ben A BA
Vaccine 20150604 33
Norovirus is increasingly recognized as a major cause of acute gastroenteritis among children <5 years of age. We searched for publications that reported detailed age distributions of pediatric norovirus cases, and assessed associations between age distribution and socio-demographic factors to identify the most critical age periods to prevent norovirus cases among young children. Approximately 70% of pediatric norovirus cases occurred between 6 and 23 months of age. A younger age distribution wa ...[more]